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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by hulitu on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @06:38AM (#36875453)
> This kind of attitude is absurd and counterproductive.

If you go in a supermarket in EU almost every food product contains sugar.

Why does a peas can has to contain sugar ?

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by solumunus on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:10AM (#36875732)
Because peas contain sugar.
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by maksimur on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:54AM (#36876199)
Do you mean the naturally occurring sugars (shown in the macronutrient label) or added sugars in the ingredient list?
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by narag on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:21AM (#36877221)
If it's in the ingredients list, it is added. There's also a macronutrients table in every packaged article.

There is exactly one common brand of mayo that has no added sugar. One.

And there's no way to buy sugar-free versions of many other kinds of food, from fried tomatoes sauce, sausages, etc. that were traditionally made without sugar for centuries.

It's a plague.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:20AM (#36876432)
If you go in a supermarket in EU almost every food product contains sugar.

That just means that the item contains sugars. It doesn't mean that we've added sugars to it. A fresh apple has sugar. A fresh tomato has sugar. Many if not most fruits and vegetables do. It shouldn't be a surprise that the canned/frozen varieties have a bit of sugar on the label.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by avdlinde on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:40AM (#36876671)
If the label contains sugar, it was added and not inclusive of other whole ingredients. You can buy canned apples (ingredients :apples) and canned apples (ingredients :water, sugar, apples). Guess which costs more.
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by rightbyte on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:39AM (#36877500)
Why would you buy canned apples without sugar or vinegar as conservatives in the first place?

The pure apple in a can can't last for long.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by ryneandal on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:56AM (#36877775)
I hate to be the pedant, but I think you meant preservatives. I kept imagining Mitt Romney in a tub with sliced apples and it was unnerving to say the least
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by rightbyte on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:15AM (#36878090)
Sorry didn't mean to make your imagination run wild :/
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by maksimur on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @11:31AM (#36879413)
In many European languages preservative is the word for condom.
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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:11AM (#36878025)
The nutrition label will tell you if it contains sugar even though none was added.

If the ingredient list contains sugar, it was added.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by achenatx on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:27AM (#36876502)
peas are mainly starch which are long chains of sugar.

I dont know if you particular peas have added sugar.

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Re:When did people stop being drunk all the time? by tomrod on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:58AM (#36876903)
Living things contain protein (arrays of amino acids and sugars), lipids (fats), and carbohydrates (sugars). Much of this converts to glucose by digestion or combustion (which is how they measure calorie content and such).
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